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T. A. COLE.

CIGAR TIP CUTTER. No. 606,877. Patented June 28,1898.

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'T. A. COLE.

CIGAR TIP CUTTER. No. 606,377. Patented June 28,1898.

Illllllllll I o 9 T/wmad/j (2Z0 UNliTED STATES PATENT CEET EQ THOMAS A. COLE, OFINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING- COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

oleAa-rlr CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,377, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed October 25, 1897. Serial No. 666,248 (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. COLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters; and I do declare the following to be a full, "clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cigar-tip cutters of that class that are adapted to clip the tips from cigars preparatory to lighting them and that in connection therewith display a series of advertising-cards and announce a premium whenever a predetermined number of cigars have been clipped.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a cigar-tip cutter of the class described that will be novel and attractive in appearance; second, that will remain locked, so that it cannot be operated until a cigar-tip is placed within one of the apertures in the front of the ease; third, that may be unlocked and rendered operative when a cigar-tip is placed in one of the apertures in the front of the case and thelever below said aperture depressed; fourth, that will simultaneously with its operation throw into View an advertisingcard above the lever operated and at the same time cause the advertising-card just previously displayed to disappear; fifth, that will automatically sound an alarm when a predetermined number of cigars have been clipped for the purpose of notifying the purchaser that a premium is due; sixth, to provide in a cigar-tip cutter of that class a means for al ternately locking the operating-levers against being raised from the outside after each operation, and, seventh, to provide a cigar-tip cutter in which the clipping mechanism, advertising-display cards, and premium-announcing device are adapted to be actuated by means of the operation of said operatinglevers.

YVith these objects in view my invention consists in the construction and combination shown in the accompanying drawings and de scribed in the following specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cigar-tip cutter. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same with the end of the ease removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the operating-levers, showing the details of its construction. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the working parts with the front and top of the case removed. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the working parts with top of case removed. Fig. G is an enlarged fragmentary view showing the construction of the lever-locking device. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the advertising-card-lifting levers, and Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 9 is alongitudinal sectional view taken through the center of one of the clippingknives.

Referring to the drawings, the case is composed of the ends 1, the front 2, having leverslots 3, the top 4 and 5, the back 6, the cardrack 7, and the bottom 8. These various portions of the case are suitably secured together by means of screws or in any other desirable manner. The top portion 4 is rounded throughout its length in the center to conform with the clipping-knives and has a series of large and small openings 9 to receive the eigar-tips. The top portion 5 has a series of slots near its rear edge, in which the movable card-holders slide up and down. The cardrack' 7 is provided with a series of openings 10, within which advertisingcards are adapted to be placed. A sliding lever-locking bar 11 is adapted to slide against the front portion 2 at the lower edge of the slots 3. L-shaped notches 12 are eutin the upper edge of said bar opposite the slots 3 for the purpose of receiving the operating-levers 13 When they are depressed, said levers each having a rib 14 along their sides, which engage with the pro jection 15 on the bar 11. Dogs 16 are pivotally mounted on the bar '11, so that their points 12 extend slightly beyond the point of the projection 15 of said bar. The object of this projecting point is to cause the bar 11 to a eoesrr slide slightly farther than the shoulder 15 would permit it to slide when one of the levers 13 is depressed, thereby releasing thelever previously depressed without friction. in Fig. (3 the dog is shown raised, as when the lever 13 is being raised, its normal position, however, being indicated by the dotted lines in the same iign re. Said slide-bar 11 rests upon lugs 17 and is secured against the front 2 by means of screws 18, passing through slots 1.). The bar 11 is held normally in the position shown in Fig. by means of a coil-spring 20, located within the case and adapted to bear against the lug 2 secured to the end of said bar, as seen in Fig. 5. A series of supporting-brackets 22, 23, 24:, and 25 are secured to the bottom 8 and form bearings for the shaft 20, mounted thereon. On the inner edges of the ends 50 are notches 58, which allow the clipper to bear against the top l: as soon as it has passed the lug 51, thereby making a clean cut when it engages the cigar-tip. 'lhe clippers i8 have an opening 53 at their rear end, which receives a coil-spring 5-1, the other end of which is attached to the projecting portion 235. Another larger coil-spring is secured at one end to said portion 535 and at the other to the bottom 8 of the case by staples 50.

In operation the cigar-tip is placed in an opening 5), striking the portion 50 of the clipping-blade and releasing it from the lug 51, thereby permitting the lever 13 to be pressed down, causin the blade to slide forward and the edge 52 to clip the cigar-tip, and at the same time causing the pawl 37 to engage the ratchet-wheel 27 and turn the shaft 26 slightly, and by reason of the connection of the lifting-levers 39 with the shoulder-pins as the advcrtising-card holder -17 will be thrown up into view, temporarily hiding the fixed space on the rack 7, which is behind it. lhe lever 13 is held in its depressed position by reason of the lockingbar 11, as above described, until another cigar is clipped by one of the other levers, when it will be thrown up in its normal position by the coil-springs 5i: and 55 and is again ready to be operated. The alarmbell 33 is sounded by the striker 231, the striker being actuated by the pins 30 on the disk Should there be forty teeth on the ratchctwheels 27, it will require the clipping of forty cigars to make one complete revolution of the shaft 26. Hence if there are four pins on the disk 25) the alarm will be sounded four times while the forty cigars are being clipped. To provide an easy way of regulating the sounding of the alarm, the pins are of unequal lengths, so that by sliding the collar 28 on the shaft 2f} the number of pins 30 that will come in contact with the striker 3'. d nring one revelution of the shaft can be easily changed without the necessity of removing or repli'ieing the pins. A greater or less number of pins of unequal lengths maybe used upon the disk 2!),

thereby allowing a wide ri'ingo in :uliustiug the alarm.

From the above description. it will be seen that the alarm is only sounded by the rotation of the shaft 2t and that this relation is effected by the depression of the lovers l1 and as the levers an only be depre d by disengaging the ends of the blades from the lugs 51', which is done by inserting and clipping a cigartip, it is apparent that the alarms will not be sounded except by the actual clipping of cigars. lhe purpose of the alarm is to allow the merchant to offer as an. advertisement a cigar free to the customer who, when clipping a cigar, causes the alarm to sound. The percentage of cigars to be given away is determined by the seller and is wholly under his control. llhe advertisingracks 1-7, which rise and fall with the operation of the lovers 1?, are adapted to carry suitable advertislug-cards, and the lixed raeli 7 has the spaces 10, which are also adapted to receive advertisements. The racks 4.? rise through slots in the top portion it will be seen that wherever one of the leveri-i lit:

adapted to be actuated by the iiperation oi the lovers 13, and the lever-locking bar ll, having the lWshaped notches 153 and the pivoiially-mounted dogs 10, whereby the lovers 12 are consecutively looked after each openition, substantially as shown and desi ibed.

2. In a cigar-tip cutter of the class described, having a suitable case provided with a series of openings to receive the ends o1. cigars to be clipped, an autmmiiic alarn1- sounding device, whereby the ala rm. is sound ed whenever a predetermined number of ei-- gars have been clipped, and a series of ad vertising-card racks adapted to be i'iisplz'iyerl consecutively whenever the clipping mechai iism connected therewith, is operatei'l, the combination of the clipping mechanism con sisting of the spring-tensioned pivotallymounted blades 4L8, having the euttii'ig edges 52, adapted to slide against the under side of said case 1-,opposite the openings 9, the levels, 13, having said blades 4L8 pivotally mounted upon their upper ends, and the shaft 5.26, si'litably supported by brackets and carrying 'the lovers 15}, with the mechanism for sum cessively locking said levers, consisting of a "its In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS A. COLE.

Witnesses:

CAREY S. FRYE, L. NATHAN. 

